MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of May 31, 2020
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 87.65 | 14-3-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 62.99 | 18-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 51.27 | 21-5-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 50.93 | 9-2-0 | UFC | Beat #7 Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
| 5 | 5 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 32.98 | 9-2-0 | UFC | •6/20 vs. #7 Alexander Volkov |
| 6 | 6 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 31.02 | 28-10-2 | Bell | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 8 | 7 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.56 | 19-6-0 | UFC | •6/20 vs. #5 Curtis Blaydes |
| 9 | 8 | Philip De Fries | HW | 26.46 | 10-6-0 | KSW | |
| 11 | 9 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 23.85 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 10 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 23.21 | 34-11-2 | Bell | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 13 | 11 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 22.97 | 5-1-1 | ACA | |
| 14 | 12 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 22.74 | 40-18-0 | UFC | Beat Walt Harris |
| 15 | 13 | Ali Isaev | HW | 21.19 | 6-0-0 | Prof | |
| 37 | 14 | Alexey Oleynik | HW | 20.31 | 34-13-1 | UFC | Beat #10 Fabricio Werdum |
| 7 | 15 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | HW | 20.04 | 5-1-0 | UFC | Lost to #4 Francis Ngannou |
| 16 | 16 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 19.63 | 14-1-0 | Bell | |
| 17 | 17 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 17.90 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -46 months. |
| 10 | 18 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 17.45 | 23-9-1 | UFC | Lost to #37 Alexey Oleynik |
| 22 | 19 | Augusto Sakai | HW | 16.36 | 8-1-1 | UFC | Beat #29 Blagoy Ivanov |
| 18 | 20 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 16.27 | 8-1-0 | ACA | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 19 | 21 | Sergei Pavlovich | HW | 15.89 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 22 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 15.28 | 15-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 21 | 23 | Linton Vassell | HW | 14.09 | 10-6-0 | Bell | |
| 23 | 24 | Arjan Singh Bhullar | HW | 13.53 | 4-1-0 | One | |
| 24 | 25 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 13.29 | 15-6-0 | Prof |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 82.44 | 20-1-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 36.25 | 20-6-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 29.89 | 6-2-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Phil Davis | LH | 27.07 | 16-5-0 | Bell | |
| 9 | 5 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 23.99 | 24-6-0 | UFC | Beat #14 Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith |
| 5 | 6 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 23.81 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 7 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 23.13 | 12-3-0 | KSW | |
| 7 | 8 | Luke Rockhold | LH | 21.37 | 14-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -32 months. |
| 8 | 9 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 20.63 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -45 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 20.50 | 6-0-0 | ACA | |
| 11 | 11 | Aung La N Sang | LH | 18.06 | 10-4-0 | One | |
| 12 | 12 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 17.87 | 16-4-2 | Prof | |
| 13 | 13 | Volkan Oezdemir | LH | 17.51 | 6-4-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 14 | Shamil Gamzatov | LH | 17.32 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 15 | Emiliano Sordi | LH | 17.14 | 8-6-0 | Prof | |
| 16 | 16 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 16.97 | 12-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 18 | 17 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 16.84 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 18 | Corey Anderson | LH | 16.61 | 8-4-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 19 | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | LH | 16.14 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 21 | 20 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 15.52 | 12-1-1 | Rizi | |
| 24 | 21 | Ryan Spann | LH | 15.41 | 8-4-0 | UFC | Beat #66 Sam Alvey |
| 22 | 22 | Alonzo Menifield | LH | 15.24 | 2-0-0 | UFC | •6/06 vs. Devin Clark |
| 23 | 23 | Muslim Magomedov | LH | 15.16 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 24 | Da Un Jung | LH | 14.56 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 14.05 | 11-9-0 | Prof | --last rated win -17 months. |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 66.97 | 7-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 56.51 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 46.69 | 12-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -23 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 43.32 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 41.90 | 37-7-2 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 32.83 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 31.98 | 6-4-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Darren Till | MW | 25.18 | 6-2-1 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Derek Brunson | MW | 22.64 | 15-7-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Scott Askham | MW | 22.63 | 11-4-0 | KSW | |
| 11 | 11 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 22.10 | 15-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 12 | 12 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 20.23 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 13 | 13 | Edmen Shahbazyan | MW | 20.19 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 14 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 19.58 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 16 | 15 | John Salter | MW | 19.57 | 11-4-0 | Bell | |
| 17 | 16 | Omari Akhmedov | MW | 19.50 | 8-3-1 | UFC | |
| 14 | 17 | Michael Bisping | MW | 19.47 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -43 months. |
| 18 | 18 | Brendan Allen | MW | 18.53 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 18.18 | 11-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Yoel Romero | MW | 17.72 | 10-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -27 months. |
| 21 | 21 | Magomed Ismailov | MW | 16.60 | 5-1-1 | ACA | |
| 22 | 22 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 15.93 | 25-9-0 | Bell | |
| 23 | 23 | Anatoly Tokov | MW | 15.42 | 10-1-0 | Bell | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 24 | 24 | Marvin Vettori | MW | 15.05 | 5-2-1 | UFC | •6/13 vs. #30 Karl Roberson |
| 25 | 25 | Dricus Du Plessis | MW | 15.04 | 5-1-0 | EFC |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 77.28 | 11-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 8 | 2 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 44.95 | 12-3-0 | UFC | Beat #2 Tyron Woodley |
| 3 | 3 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 43.73 | 33-13-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Douglas Lima | WW | 40.99 | 17-3-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Leon Edwards | WW | 38.53 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Conor McGregor | WW | 38.29 | 14-2-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Colby Covington | WW | 37.86 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 2 | 8 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 30.56 | 16-5-1 | UFC | Lost to #8 Gilbert Burns |
| 9 | 9 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 30.30 | 9-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Ali Bagov | WW | 28.25 | 13-7-0 | ACA | |
| 11 | 11 | Jon Fitch | WW | 26.07 | 30-6-2 | Bell | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 12 | 12 | Anthony Rocco Martin | WW | 24.50 | 12-5-0 | UFC | •6/06 vs. #22 Neil Magny |
| 13 | 13 | Lorenz Larkin | WW | 23.77 | 13-7-0 | Bell | |
| 14 | 14 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 23.54 | 11-4-1 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | James Nakashima | WW | 23.49 | 9-0-0 | One | |
| 16 | 16 | Geoff Neal | WW | 22.99 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 17 | Demian Maia | WW | 22.66 | 26-10-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 18 | Ben Askren | WW | 22.60 | 15-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 19 | 19 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 22.37 | 12-4-0 | ACA | |
| 20 | 20 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 21.47 | 11-3-0 | Prof | |
| 21 | 21 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | WW | 21.04 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Neil Magny | WW | 20.39 | 14-7-0 | UFC | •6/06 vs. #12 Anthony Rocco Martin |
| 23 | 23 | Elias Silverio | WW | 19.89 | 7-4-1 | ACA | |
| 31 | 24 | Vicente Luque | WW | 19.69 | 10-2-0 | UFC | Beat #83 Niko Price |
| 24 | 25 | Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi | WW | 19.62 | 4-1-0 | Brav |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 84.53 | 14-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 5 | 2 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 55.45 | 16-2-0 | UFC | Beat #2 Tony Ferguson |
| 3 | 3 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 47.24 | 20-6-0 | UFC | •6/27 vs. #13 Dan Hooker |
| 2 | 4 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 45.37 | 18-2-0 | UFC | Lost to #5 Justin Gaethje |
| 4 | 5 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 31.94 | 20-8-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Diego Ferreira | LW | 30.93 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Natan Schulte | LW | 29.88 | 10-1-1 | Prof | |
| 8 | 8 | Tofiq Musayev | LW | 29.25 | 8-1-0 | Rizi | |
| 9 | 9 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 28.88 | 26-7-0 | One | |
| 10 | 10 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 27.25 | 5-3-0 | One | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 11 | 11 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 25.45 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Christian Lee | LW | 24.37 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 13 | 13 | Dan Hooker | LW | 23.70 | 10-4-0 | UFC | •6/27 vs. #3 Dustin Poirier |
| 15 | 14 | Michael Chandler | LW | 23.43 | 16-5-0 | Bell | |
| 14 | 15 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 23.22 | 12-4-0 | Road | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 16 | 16 | Beneil Dariush | LW | 22.38 | 13-4-1 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 21.26 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 60 | 18 | Drew Dober | LW | 20.36 | 17-9-0 | UFC | Beat #18 Alexander Hernandez |
| 19 | 19 | Benson Henderson | LW | 20.05 | 25-8-0 | Bell | |
| 20 | 20 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 19.94 | 7-1-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 21 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 19.64 | 8-0-1 | UFC | |
| 21 | 22 | Eduard Vartanyan | LW | 19.51 | 11-3-0 | ACA | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Goiti Yamauchi | LW | 19.41 | 9-3-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 24 | Soren Bak | LW | 19.29 | 8-1-0 | Bell | |
| 25 | 25 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 18.96 | 7-0-1 | Prof |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 53.58 | 13-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Patricio Freire | FW | 48.69 | 17-4-0 | Bell | |
| 3 | 3 | Lance Palmer | FW | 36.40 | 18-3-0 | Prof | |
| 4 | 4 | Max Holloway | FW | 35.06 | 19-5-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 29.77 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | A.J. McKee | FW | 26.69 | 10-0-0 | Bell | |
| 7 | 7 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 26.18 | 6-2-0 | One | |
| 9 | 8 | Dan Ige | FW | 26.08 | 6-0-0 | UFC | Beat #81 Edson Barboza |
| 8 | 9 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 25.68 | 9-0-0 | KSW | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Brian Ortega | FW | 22.98 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 11 | 11 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 22.60 | 22-5-2 | Panc | |
| 12 | 12 | Darrion Caldwell | FW | 22.22 | 10-3-0 | Bell | |
| 13 | 13 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 22.21 | 13-3-0 | Bell | |
| 14 | 14 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 21.52 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Josh Emmett | FW | 20.76 | 9-2-0 | UFC | •6/20 vs. #29 Shane Burgos |
| 16 | 16 | Felipe Froes | FW | 20.16 | 5-2-0 | ACA | |
| 17 | 17 | Salahdine Parnasse | FW | 19.37 | 5-0-0 | KSW | |
| 18 | 18 | Thanh Le | FW | 19.14 | 9-1-0 | ONE | |
| 19 | 19 | Movlid Khaybulaev | FW | 18.93 | 4-0-1 | Prof | |
| 20 | 20 | Arnold Allen | FW | 18.75 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 21 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 18.65 | 6-0-0 | UFC | Beat Charles Rosa |
| 21 | 22 | Chan Sung Jung | FW | 18.37 | 10-5-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 23 | Sodiq Yusuff | FW | 18.15 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 24 | Pedro Carvalho | FW | 18.02 | 4-0-0 | Bell | |
| 25 | 25 | Apti Bimarzaev | FW | 17.43 | 4-0-0 | ACA |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 58.35 | 10-2-0 | UFC |  Beat #28 Dominick Cruz |
| 2 | 2 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 49.33 | 21-2-0 | One | |
| 3 | 3 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 35.22 | 26-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 4 | 4 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 34.88 | 12-3-0 | UFC | •6/06 vs. #11 Cory Sandhagen |
| 5 | 5 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 30.68 | 18-4-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Manel Kape | BW | 28.82 | 6-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 7 | 7 | Shoko Sato | BW | 26.91 | 18-10-2 | One | |
| 8 | 8 | Kai Asakura | BW | 26.71 | 9-2-0 | Rizi | |
| 9 | 9 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | BW | 26.65 | 16-4-1 | Rizi | |
| 10 | 10 | Petr Yan | BW | 26.50 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 25.70 | 5-1-0 | UFC | •6/06 vs. #4 Aljamain Sterling |
| 12 | 12 | Victor Henry | BW | 24.94 | 13-4-0 | Rizi | |
| 13 | 13 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 20.74 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Stephen Loman | BW | 19.75 | 5-0-0 | Brav | |
| 15 | 15 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 19.40 | 9-5-0 | One | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 16 | 16 | Takumi Tamaru | BW | 19.29 | 6-1-1 | Shoo | |
| 17 | 17 | Ryo Okada | BW | 19.16 | 10-3-3 | Shoo | |
| 18 | 18 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 18.72 | 8-2-1 | Shoo | |
| 19 | 19 | Patrick Mix | BW | 18.51 | 7-0-0 | Rizi | |
| 41 | 20 | Yadong Song | BW | 18.18 | 3-0-1 | UFC | Beat #36 Marlon Vera |
| 20 | 21 | Merab Dvalishvili | BW | 17.88 | 4-2-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 22 | Cody Stamann | BW | 17.77 | 9-1-1 | UFC | •6/06 vs. #101 Brian Kelleher |
| 22 | 23 | Deivi Daniel Oliveira de Almeida | BW | 17.51 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 23 | 24 | Kazuma Kuramoto | BW | 17.08 | 5-0-0 | Shoo | |
| 24 | 25 | John Lineker | BW | 16.88 | 11-3-0 | One |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| May Rank |
June Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | May results; •June schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 40.22 | 21-3-1 | One |  |
| 2 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 28.21 | 11-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -21 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 27.87 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 21.98 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 5 | 5 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 21.62 | 4-1-0 | One | |
| 6 | 6 | Brandon Moreno | FL | 20.85 | 6-2-1 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Danny Kingad | FL | 20.61 | 5-1-0 | One | |
| 8 | 8 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 20.34 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.70 | 11-1-0 | DEEP | |
| 10 | 10 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 19.48 | 11-3-0 | Panc | |
| 11 | 11 | Jarred Brooks | FL | 18.90 | 7-2-0 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 18.84 | 15-7-3 | One | |
| 13 | 13 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 18.09 | 4-0-0 | FNG | |
| 15 | 14 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 16.95 | 6-2-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 15 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 16.81 | 7-2-0 | One | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 16 | 16 | Lito Adiwang | FL | 16.74 | 2-0-0 | One | |
| 17 | 17 | Makoto Takahashi | FL | 16.16 | 9-1-1 | Bell | |
| 18 | 18 | Askar Askarov | FL | 16.09 | 6-0-1 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 15.83 | 5-2-0 | One | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Murad Zeinulabidov | FL | 15.40 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 21 | 21 | Alex Perez | FL | 14.89 | 7-3-0 | UFC | •6/06 vs. #31 Jussier Formiga |
| 23 | 22 | Imran Bukuev | FL | 14.61 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 23 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 14.48 | 3-0-0 | Panc | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 24 | 24 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 14.31 | 15-8-2 | Bell | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 25 | 25 | Aleksander Doskalchuk | FL | 14.10 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | --last rated win -18 months. |